DOCA Documentation v2.0.2

IPsec Security Gateway

NVIDIA DOCA IPsec Security Gateway Application Guide

This document provides an IPsec security gateway implementation on top of NVIDIA® BlueField® DPU.

Important note for NVIDIA® BlueField®-2 DPUs only: If your target application utilizes 100Gb/s or higher bandwidth, where a substantial part of the bandwidth is allocated for IPsec traffic, please refer to the NVIDIA BlueField-2 DPUs Product Release Notes to learn about a potential bandwidth limitation. To access the relevant product release notes, please contact your NVIDIA sales representative.

Note:

DOCA IPsec Security Gateway is supported at alpha level.

DOCA IPsec Security Gateway leverages the DPU's hardware capability for secure network communication. The application demonstrates how to insert rules related to IPsec encryption and decryption based on the DOCA Flow and IPsec libraries. The application demonstrates how to insert rules to create an IPsec tunnel.

Note:

An example for configuring the Internet key exchange (IKE) can be found under Keying Daemon Integration (StrongSwan) but is not considered part of the application.


The application can be configured to receive IPsec rules in one of the following ways:

  • Static configuration – (default) receives a fixed list of rules for IPsec encryption and decryption
    Note:

    When creating the security association (SA) object, the application gets the key, salt, and other SA attributes from the JSON input file.

  • Dynamic configuration – receives IPsec encryption and decryption rules during runtime through through a Unix domain socket (UDS) which is enabled when providing a socket path to the application
    Note:

    You may find an example of integrating a rules generator with the application under strongSwan project (DOCA plugin).

The application supports the following IPsec modes: Tunnel, transport, UDP transport.

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Note:

DOCA IPsec supports only ESP header type.


DOCA IPsec Security Gateway is designed to run with 2 ports, secured and unsecured:

  • Secured port – BlueField receives IPsec encrypted packets and, after decryption, they are sent through the unsecured port
  • Unsecured port – BlueField receives regular (plain text) packets and, after encryption, they are sent through the secured port

Example packet path for hardware offloading:

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Example packet path for partial software processing (handling encap/decap in software):

Using the application with SF:

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3.1. Static Configuration

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  1. Create IPsec library context.
  2. Open two DOCA devices, one for the secured port and another for the unsecured port.
  3. Initialize the DOCA work queue.
  4. With the open DOCA devices, the application probes DPDK ports and initializes DOCA Flow and DOCA Flow ports accordingly.
  5. On the created ports, build DOCA Flow pipes.
  6. In a loop according to the JSON rules:
    1. Create DOCA IPsec SA for the new rule.
    2. Insert encrypt or decrypt rule to DOCA Flow pipes.

3.2. Dynamic Configuration

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  1. Create IPsec library context.
  2. Open two DOCA devices, one for the secured port and another for the unsecured port.
  3. Initialize the DOCA work queue.
  4. With the open DOCA devices, the application probes DPDK ports and initializes DOCA Flow and DOCA Flow ports accordingly.
  5. On the created ports, build DOCA Flow pipes.
  6. Create UDS socket and listen for incoming data.
  7. While waiting for new IPsec policies to be received in a loop, if a new IPsec policy is received:
    1. Parse the policy whether it is an encryption or decryption rule.
    2. Create DOCA IPsec SA for the new rule.
    3. Insert encrypt or decrypt rule to DOCA Flow pipes.

3.3. DOCA Flow Modes

The application can run in two modes, vnf and switch. For more information about the modes, please refer to section "Pipe Mode" in the NVIDIA DOCA Flow Programming Guide.

3.3.1. VNF Mode

3.3.1.1. Encryption

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  1. The application builds 8 pipes for encryption. Control pipe as root with four entries that match L3 and L4 types and forward the traffic to the relevant pipes.
    1. IPv6 pipes – match the source IP address and forward the traffic to a pipe that matches 5-tuple excluding the source IP.
    2. In the 5-tuple match pipes set action of "set meta data", the metadata would be the rule's index in the JSON file.
    3. The matched packet is forwarded to the second port.
  2. In the secured egress domain, there is an encryption pipe that has a shared IPsec encrypt action. According to the metadata match, the packet is encrypted with the encap destination IP and SPI as defined in the user's rules.

3.3.1.2. Decryption

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  1. The application builds 4 pipes for decryption. Control pipe as root with two entries that match L3 type and forward the traffic to the relevant decrypt pipe.
  2. The decrypt pipe matches the destination IP and SPI according to the rule files and has a shared IPsec action for decryption.
  3. After decryption, the matched packets are forwarded to the syndrome pipe and, if the syndrome is non-zero, the packets are dropped. Otherwise, the packets are forwarded to the second port.

3.3.2. Switch Mode

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In switch mode, a root pipe matches the first 2 most significant bits (MSBs) to decide what the next pipe is:

  • Metadata is 0 – packet arrives and continues to pipe that matches on the port's meta. Based on the port, the packet passes through almost the same path as VNF mode and the metadata is set in the 2 MSBs. Afterwards, the packet moves to pipes that send the packets to the root pipe.
  • First bit is 1 – packet finishes the decrypt path and must be sent to the unsecure port.
  • Second bit is 1 – packet almost finishes the encrypt path and must be sent to the encrypt pipe on the secure egress domain and to the secure port from there.

This application leverages the following DOCA libraries:

  1. Parse application argument.
    1. Initialize the arg parser resources and register DOCA general parameters.
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      doca_argp_init();

    2. Register application parameters.
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      register_ipsec_security_gw_params();

    3. Parse application flags.
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      doca_argp_start();

      1. Parse app parameters.
  2. DPDK initialization.
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    rte_eal_init();

    Call rte_eal_init() to initialize EAL resources with the provided EAL flags for not probing the ports.

  3. Parse config file.
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    ipsec_security_gw_parse_config();

  4. Initialize devices and ports.
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    ipsec_security_gw_init_devices();

    1. Open DOCA devices with input PCIe addresses.
    2. Probe DPDK port from each opened device.
  5. Initialize and start DPDK ports.
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    dpdk_queues_and_ports_init();

    1. Initialize DPDK ports, including mempool allocation.
    2. Initialize hairpin queues if needed.
    3. Binds hairpin queues of each port to its peer port.
  6. Initialize objects for DOCA IPsec library.
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    ipsec_security_gw_ipsec_ctx_create();

    1. Create IPsec library context.
    2. Create DOCA Work queue.
  7. Initialize DOCA Flow.
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    ipsec_security_gw_init_doca_flow();

    1. Initialize DOCA Flow library.
    2. Find the indices of the DPDK-probed ports and start DOCA Flow ports with them.
  8. Insert rules.
    1. Insert encryption rules.
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      ipsec_security_gw_insert_encrypt_rules();

    2. Insert decryption rules.
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      ipsec_security_gw_insert_decrypt_rules();

  9. Wait for traffic.
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    ipsec_security_gw_wait_for_traffic();

    1. Wait in a loop until the user terminates the program.
  10. IPsec security gateway cleanup:
    1. DOCA Flow cleanup; destroy initialized ports.
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      doca_flow_cleanup();

    2. SA destruction.
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      ipsec_security_gw_destroy_sas();

    3. IPsec objects destruction.
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      ipsec_security_gw_ipsec_ctx_destroy();

    4. Destroy DPDK ports and queues.
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      dpdk_queues_and_ports_fini();

    5. DPDK finish.
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      dpdk_fini();

      Calls rte_eal_destroy() to destroy initialized EAL resources.

    6. Arg parser destroy.
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      doca_argp_destroy();

  1. Refer to the following documents:
  2. DOCA IPsec Security Gateway binary is located under /opt/mellanox/doca/applications/ipsec_security_gw/bin/doca_ipsec_security_gw. To build all the applications together, run:
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    cd /opt/mellanox/doca/applications/ meson build ninja -C build

  3. To build only the IPsec security gateway application:
    1. Edit the following flags in /opt/mellanox/doca/applications/meson_option.txt:
      • Set enable_all_applications to false
      • Set enable_ipsec_security_gw to true
    2. Run the commands in step 2.
      Note:

      doca_ipsec_security_gw will be created under ./build/ipsec_security_gw/src/.

    Application usage:

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    Usage: doca_ipsec_security_gw [DOCA Flags] [Program Flags] DOCA Flags: -h, --help Print a help synopsis -v, --version Print program version information -l, --log-level Set the log level for the program <CRITICAL=20, ERROR=30, WARNING=40, INFO=50, DEBUG=60> Program Flags: -s, --secured Secured port pci-address -u, --unsecured Unsecured port pci-address -c, --config Path to the JSON file with application configuration -m, --mode IPsec mode - {tunnel/transport/udp_transport} -i, --ipc IPC socket file path -sn, --secured-name Secured port interface name -un, --unsecured-name Unsecured port interface name

    Note:

    For additional information on the application, use -h:

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    /opt/mellanox/doca/applications/<application name>/bin/doca_<application name> -- -h


  4. Running the application on BlueField:
    • Pre-run setup:
      • The IPsec security gateway application is based on DPDK libraries. Therefore, the user is required to allocate huge pages:
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        echo 2048 > /sys/kernel/mm/hugepages/hugepages-2048kB/nr_hugepages

      • VNF mode – the IPsec security gateway example requires disabling some of the hardware tables:
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        /opt/mellanox/iproute2/sbin/devlink dev eswitch set pci/0000:03:00.0 mode legacy /opt/mellanox/iproute2/sbin/devlink dev eswitch set pci/0000:03:00.1 mode legacy echo none > /sys/class/net/p0/compat/devlink/encap echo none > /sys/class/net/p1/compat/devlink/encap /opt/mellanox/iproute2/sbin/devlink dev eswitch set pci/0000:03:00.0 mode switchdev /opt/mellanox/iproute2/sbin/devlink dev eswitch set pci/0000:03:00.1 mode switchdev

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        /opt/mellanox/iproute2/sbin/devlink dev eswitch set pci/0000:03:00.0 mode legacy /opt/mellanox/iproute2/sbin/devlink dev eswitch set pci/0000:03:00.1 mode legacy echo basic > /sys/class/net/p0/compat/devlink/encap echo basic > /sys/class/net/p1/compat/devlink/encap /opt/mellanox/iproute2/sbin/devlink dev eswitch set pci/0000:03:00.0 mode switchdev /opt/mellanox/iproute2/sbin/devlink dev eswitch set pci/0000:03:00.1 mode switchdev


      • Switch mode – the IPsec security gateway application requires configuring the ports to run in switch mode:
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        sudo mlxconfig -d /dev/mst/mt41686(mt41692)_pciconf0 s LAG_RESOURCE_ALLOCATION=1 # power cycle the host to apply this setting /opt/mellanox/iproute2/sbin/devlink dev eswitch set pci/0000:03:00.0 mode legacy /opt/mellanox/iproute2/sbin/devlink dev eswitch set pci/0000:03:00.1 mode legacy sudo devlink dev param set pci/0000:03:00.0 name esw_pet_insert value false cmode runtime sudo devlink dev param set pci/0000:03:00.1 name esw_pet_insert value false cmode runtime /opt/mellanox/iproute2/sbin/devlink dev eswitch set pci/0000:03:00.0 mode switchdev /opt/mellanox/iproute2/sbin/devlink dev eswitch set pci/0000:03:00.1 mode switchdev sudo devlink dev param set pci/0000:03:00.0 name esw_multiport value true cmode runtime sudo devlink dev param set pci/0000:03:00.1 name esw_multiport value true cmode runtime

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        sudo devlink dev param set pci/0000:03:00.0 name esw_multiport value false cmode runtime sudo devlink dev param set pci/0000:03:00.1 name esw_multiport value false cmode runtime


    • Example for running the application in static configuration:
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      cd /opt/mellanox/doca/applications/ipsec_security_gw/bin ./doca_ipsec_security_gw -s 03:00.0 -u 03:00.1 -c ./ipsec_security_gw_config.json -m transport

    • Example for running the application in dynamic configuration:
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      cd /opt/mellanox/doca/applications/ipsec_security_gw/bin ./doca_ipsec_security_gw -s 03:00.0 -u 03:00.1 -c ./ipsec_security_gw_config.json -m transport -i /tmp/rules_socket

  5. Running the application on the host, CLI example:
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    cd /opt/mellanox/doca/applications/ipsec_security_gw/bin ./doca_ipsec_security_gw -s 08:00.0 -u 08:00.1 -c ./ipsec_security_gw_config.json -m transport

    Note:

    Refer to section "Running DOCA Application on Host" in NVIDIA DOCA Virtual Functions User Guide.

  6. To run doca_ipsec_security_gw using a JSON file:
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    doca_ipsec_security_gw --json [json_file]

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    cd /opt/mellanox/doca/applications/ipsec_security_gw/bin ./doca_ipsec_security_gw –-json ./ipsec_security_gw_params.json


6.1. Static Configuration IPsec Rules

IPsec rules and other configuration can be added with a JSON config file that is passed using the --config parameter.

Section Field Type Description Example
config switch bool

True for running DOCA Flow in switch mode.

Default is false (VNF mode).

"switch": true
esp_header_offload string Decap and encap offloading: both, encap, decap, or none. Default is both (offloading both encap and decap). "esp_header_offload": "none"
sw_sn_inc_enable bool Increments sequence number of ESP in software if set to true. Default is false. Available only if esp_header_offload is decap or none. "sw_sn_inc_enable": true
sw_antireplay_enable bool Enables anti-replay mechanism in software if set to true. Default is false. Available only if esp_header_offload is encap or none.
Note:

Window size is 64. Not ESN. Supports non-zero sn_initial.

"sw_antireplay_enable": true
sn_initial uint Initial sequence number for ESP header. Used also when sw_antireplay_enable is true. Default is 0. "sn_initial": 0
encrypt_rules ip-version int

Source and destination IP version. 4 / 6.

Optional. Default is 4.

"ip-version": 6
src-ip string Source IP to match "src-ip": "1.2.3.4"
dst-ip string Destination IP to match "dst-ip": "101:101:101:101:101:101:101:101"
protocol string L4 protocol: TCP or UDP "protocol"
src-port int Source port to match  
dst-port int Destination port to match "dst-port": 55
encap-ip-version int Encap IP version: 4 or 6. Optional; default is 4. "ip-version": 4
encap-dst-ip string Encap destination IP. Mandatory for tunnel mode only. "encap-dst-ip": "1.1.1.1"
spi int SPI integer to set in the ESP header "spi": 5
key string Key for creating the SA (in hex format) "key": "112233445566778899aabbccdd"
key_type int Key size: 128 or 256. Optional; default is 256. "key_type": 128
decrypt_rules ip-version int Destination IP version: 4 or 6. Optional; default is 4. "ip-version": 6
dst-ip string Destination IP to match "dst-ip": "1122:3344:5566:7788:99aa:bbcc:ddee:ff00"
inner-ip-version int Inner IP version. Mandatory for tunnel mode only. Optional; default is 4. "inner-ip-version": 4
spi int SPI to match in the ESP header "spi": 5
key string Key for creating the SA (in hex format) "key": "112233445566778899aabbccdd"
key_type int Key size: 128 or 256. Optional; default is 256. "key_type": 128

6.2. Dynamic Configuration IPsec Rules

The application listens on the UDS socket for receiving a predefined structure for the IPsec policy defined in the policy.h file. The client program or keying daemon should connect to the socket with the same socket file path provided to the application by the --ipc/-i flags, and send the policy structure as packed to the application through the same socket.

Note:

In the dynamic configuration, the application uses the config section from the JSON config file and ignores the encrypt_rules and decrypt_rules sections.


The IPsec policy structure:

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struct ipsec_security_gw_ipsec_policy { /* Protocols attributes */ uint16_t src_port; /* Policy inner source port */ uint16_t dst_port; /* Policy inner destination port */ uint8_t l3_protocol; /* Policy L3 proto {POLICY_L3_TYPE_IPV4, POLICY_L3_TYPE_IPV6} */ uint8_t l4_protocol; /* Policy L4 proto {POLICY_L4_TYPE_UDP, POLICY_L4_TYPE_TCP} */ uint8_t outer_l3_protocol; /* Policy outer L3 type {POLICY_L3_TYPE_IPV4, POLICY_L3_TYPE_IPV6} */ /* Policy attributes */ uint8_t policy_direction; /* Policy direction {POLICY_DIR_IN, POLICY_DIR_OUT} */ uint8_t policy_mode; /* Policy IPSEC mode {POLICY_MODE_TRANSPORT, POLICY_MODE_TUNNEL} */ /* Security Association attributes */ uint8_t esn; /* Is ESN enabled? */ uint8_t icv_length; /* ICV length in bytes {8, 12, 16} */ uint8_t key_type; /* AES key type {POLICY_KEY_TYPE_128, POLICY_KEY_TYPE_256} */ uint32_t spi; /* Security Parameter Index */ uint32_t salt; /* Cryptographic salt */ uint8_t enc_key_data[MAX_KEY_LEN]; /* Encryption key (binary) */ /* Policy inner and outer addresses */ char src_ip_addr[MAX_IP_ADDR_LEN + 1]; /* Policy inner IP source address in string format */ char dst_ip_addr[MAX_IP_ADDR_LEN + 1]; /* Policy inner IP destination address in string format */ char outer_src_ip[MAX_IP_ADDR_LEN + 1]; /* Policy outer IP source address in string format */ char outer_dst_ip[MAX_IP_ADDR_LEN + 1]; /* Policy outer IP destination address in string format */ };

Note:

The policy type, whether it is encrypted or decrypted, is classified according to the policy_direction attribute:

  • POLICY_DIR_IN – decryption policy
  • POLICY_DIR_OUT – encryption policy

Refer to NVIDIA DOCA Arg Parser Programming Guide for more information.

Flag Type Short Flag Long Flag/JSON Key Description JSON Content
General flags l log-level Sets the log level for the application:
  • CRITICAL=20
  • ERROR=30
  • WARNING=40
  • INFO=50
  • DEBUG=60
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"log-level": 60

v version Print program version information N/A
h help Print a help synopsis N/A
Program flags c config Path to JSON file with configurations
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"config": security_gateway_config.json

u unsecured PCIe address for the unsecured port
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"unsecured": "03:00.1"

s secured PCIe address for the secured port
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"secured": "03:00.0"

m mode IPsec mode. Possible values: tunnel, transport, udp_transport.
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"mode": "tunnel"

un unsecured-name Interface name of the unsecured port
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"unsecured-name": "p1"

sn secured-name Interface name of the secured port
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"secured-name": "p0"

i ipc IPC socket file path for receiving IPsec rules during runtime
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"ipc": "/tmp/rules_socket"

strongSwan is a keying daemon that uses the Internet Key Exchange Version 2 (IKEv2) protocol to establish SAs between two peers. strongSwan includes a DOCA plugin that is part of the strongSwan package in BFB. The plugin is loaded only if the DOCA IPsec Security Gateway is triggered. The plugin connects to UDS socket and sends IPsec policies to the application after the key exchange completes.

For more information about the key daemon, please refer to strongSwan documentation.

8.1. End-to-end Architecture

The following diagram presents an architecture where two BlueField DPUs are connected to each other with DOCA IPsec Security Gateway running on each.

end2end.png

swanctl is a command line tool that is used for strongSwan IPsec configuration:

  1. Run DOCA IPsec Security Gateway on both sides in dynamic configuration.
  2. Start strongSwan service.
  3. Configure strongSwan IPsec using the swanctl.conf configuration file on both sides.
  4. Start key exchange between the two peers. At the end of the flow, the result arrives to the DOCA plugin, populates the policy-defined structure, and sends it to the socket.
  5. DOCA IPsec Security Gateway on both sides reads new policies from the socket, performs the parsing, creates a DOCA SA object, and adds flow decrypt/encrypt entry.

This architecture uses P1 uplink on both BlueField DPUs to run the strongSwan key daemon. To configure the uplink:

  1. Configure an IP addresses for the PFs of both DPUs:
    1. On BF1:
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      ip addr add 192.168.50.1/24 dev p1

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      ip addr add 192.168.50.2/24 dev p1

      Note:

      It is possible to configure multiple IP addresses to uplinks to run key exchanges with different policy attributes.

  2. Verify the connection between two BlueField DPUs.
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    BF1> ping 192.168.50.2

    Note:

    Make sure that the uplink is not in OVS bridges.

  3. Configure the swanctl.conf files for each machine. They should be located under /etc/swanctl/conf.d/. Examples for adding swanctl.conf file:
    • Transport mode:
      • swanctl.conf example for BF1:
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        connections { BF1-BF2 { local_addrs = 192.168.50.1 remote_addrs = 192.168.50.2 rekey_time = 0 local { auth = psk id = host1 } remote { auth = psk id = host2 } children { bf { local_ts = 192.168.50.1/32 [udp/60] remote_ts = 192.168.50.2/32 [udp/90] esp_proposals = aes128gcm128-x25519-esn mode = transport policies_fwd_out = yes life_time = 0 } } version = 2 mobike = no reauth_time = 0 proposals = aes128-sha256-x25519 } } secrets { ike-BF { id-host1 = host1 id-host2 = host2 secret = 0sv+NkxY9LLZvwj4qCC2o/gGrWDF2d21jL } }

      • swanctl.conf example for BF2:
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        connections { BF2-BF1 { local_addrs = 192.168.50.2 remote_addrs = 192.168.50.1 rekey_time = 0 local { auth = psk id = host2 } remote { auth = psk id = host1 } children { bf { local_ts = 192.168.50.2/32 [udp/90] remote_ts = 192.168.50.1/32 [udp/60] esp_proposals = aes128gcm128-x25519-esn mode = transport life_time = 0 } } version = 2 mobike = no reauth_time = 0 proposals = aes128-sha256-x25519 } } secrets { ike-BF { id-host1 = host1 id-host2 = host2 secret = 0sv+NkxY9LLZvwj4qCC2o/gGrWDF2d21jL } }

    • Tunnel mode:
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      connections { BF1-BF2 { local_addrs = 192.168.50.2 remote_addrs = 192.168.50.1 rekey_time = 0 local { auth = psk id = host2 } remote { auth = psk id = host1 } children { bf { local_ts = 2001:db8:85a3::8a2e:370:7334/128 [udp/3030] remote_ts = 2001:db8:85a3::8a2e:370:7335/128 [udp/55] esp_proposals = aes128gcm128-x25519-esn life_time = 0 } } version = 2 mobike = no proposals = aes128-sha256-x25519 } } secrets { ike-BF { id-host1 = host1 id-host2 = host2 secret = 0sv+NkxY9LLZvwj4qCC2o/gGrWDF2d21jL } }

      Note:

      local_ts and remote_ts must have a netmask of /32 for IPv4 addresses and /128 for IPv6 addresses.

      Note:

      SA rekey is not supported in DOCA plugin. connection.rekey_time must be set to 0 and connection.child.life_time must be set to 0.

DOCA IPsec only supports ESP headers, AES-GCM encryption algorithm, and key sizes 128 or 256. Therefore, when setting ESP proposals in the swanctl.conf, please adhere to the values provided in the following table:

ESP Proposal Algorithm Type Including ICV Length Key Size
aes128gcm8 ENCR_AES_GCM_ICV8 128
aes128gcm64 ENCR_AES_GCM_ICV8 128
aes128gcm12 ENCR_AES_GCM_ICV12 128
aes128gcm96 ENCR_AES_GCM_ICV12 128
aes128gcm16 ENCR_AES_GCM_ICV16 128
aes128gcm128 ENCR_AES_GCM_ICV16 128
aes128gcm ENCR_AES_GCM_ICV16 128
aes256gcm8 ENCR_AES_GCM_ICV8 256
aes256gcm64 ENCR_AES_GCM_ICV8 256
aes256gcm12 ENCR_AES_GCM_ICV12 256
aes256gcm96 ENCR_AES_GCM_ICV12 256
aes256gcm16 ENCR_AES_GCM_ICV16 256
aes256gcm128 ENCR_AES_GCM_ICV16 256
aes256gcm ENCR_AES_GCM_ICV16 256

8.2. Running the Solution

Run the following commands on both BlueField peers.

  1. Run DOCA IPsec Security Gateway in dynamic configuration, assuming the socket location is /tmp/rules_socket.
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    doca_ipsec_security_gw -s 03:00.0 -un <sf_net_dev> -c ./ipsec_security_gw_config.json -m transport -i /tmp/rules_socket

    Note:

    DOCA IPsec Security Gateway application should be run first.

  2. Edit the /etc/strongswan.d/charon/doca.conf file and add the UDS socket path. If the socket_path is not set, the plugin uses the default path /tmp/strongswan_doca_socket.
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    doca { # Whether to load the plugin load = yes # Path to DOCA socket socket_path = /tmp/rules_socket }

    Note:

    You must provide the application with this path as well.

  3. Restart the strongSwan server:
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    systemctl restart strongswan-starter.service

    Note:

    If the application has been run with log level debug, you can see that the connection has been done successfully and the application is waiting for new IPsec policies.

  4. Verify that the swanctl.conf file exists in /etc/swanctl/conf.d/. directory.
    Note:

    It is recommended to remove any unused conf files under /etc/swanctl/conf.d/.

  5. Load IPsec configuration:
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    swanctl --load-all

  6. Start IKE protocol on either the initiator or the target side:
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    swanctl -i --child <child_name>

    In the example above, the child's name is bf.

8.3. Building strongSwan

To perform some changes in the DOCA plugin in strongSwan zone:

  1. Verify that the dependencies listed here are installed in your environment. libgmp-dev is missing from that list so make sure to install that as well.
  2. Git clone https://github.com/Mellanox/strongswan.git.
  3. Git checkout BF-5.9.6 branch.
  4. Add your changes in the plugin located under src/libcharon/plugins/doca.
  5. Run autogen.sh within the strongSwan repo.
  6. Run the following:
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    ./configure --enable-openssl --disable-random --prefix=/usr/local --sysconfdir=/etc --enable-systemd --enable-doca make make install systemctl daemon-reload systemctl restart strongswan-starter.service

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